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Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík.
2024-02-8

Iceland restricts the gatherings to 200 people, requiring bars and nightclubs to stop selling alcohol at 21:00 and close no later than midnight amid an increase of COVID-19 cases.
2021-07-25

Iceland will vote for a new Alþingi (parliament) on November 4 after the collapse of the previous government.
2017-09-16

Researchers in Iceland report on CarbFix, in the journal "Science", that carbon dioxide emissions can be pumped into the earth and changed chemically to stone  — significantly faster than expected.
2016-06-9

Montenegro, Norway, Iceland and Albania join the list of countries supporting sanctions including asset freezings and travel bans directed at Russian individuals.
2014-04-11

A missing tourist in Iceland has been searching for herself, involved in her own rescue operation for hours.
2012-08-27

Iceland's most active volcano, Grímsvötn, erupts, triggering 50 small earthquakes.
2011-05-21

Icelanders vote in a referendum on a renegotiated compensation deal with Britain and the Netherlands over the collapsed Icesave bank.
2011-04-9

Politicians in Iceland flee from their own people as they protest on the streets of Reykjavík.
2010-10-1

A quarter of voters in Iceland sign a petition asking President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson to veto a bill on repaying US$5 billion to foreign savers who lost their money when Icelandic banks collapsed.
2010-01-2